Peak efficiency calibration for attenuation corrected cylindrical sources in gamma ray spectrometry by the use of a point source

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1643-1647

  Aguiar, Julio C ^a   Galiano, Eduardo ^b   Fernandez, Jorge ^a  

^a Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear   (Argentina)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency for cylindrical sources; Gamma peak efficiency; HPGe detectors; Self attenuation of volume sources

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DETECTORS; PHOTONS; SPECTROMETRY;

EFFICIENCY FOR CYLINDRICAL SOURCES; GAMMA PEAK EFFICIENCY; HPGE DETECTORS;

GAMMA RAYS;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; COBALT 57; COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33750460572     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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